Geoff Hutchison:
> I don't know why your installed version of install (no pun intended)
> doesn't work,
Me neither, but it seems reasonbly new:
$ install --version
install (GNU fileutils) 4.0k
Written by David MacKenzie.
Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> but you can edit the Makefile and change the INSTALL
> variable to point to the full patch of the install-sh script that comes in
> the distribution.
It still sends the wrong parameters to mkdir and cp:
Installing ht://Dig
Creating directories (if needed)...
Installing individual programs...
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/peter/bin/htdig/htdig-3.1.5/htfuzzy'
transform=s,x,x,
/home/peter/bin/htdig/htdig-3.1.5/install-sh -c htfuzzy
--exec-prefix=/home/peter/bin/htdig/bin/`echo htfuzzy | sed ''`
mkdir: unrecognized option `--exec-prefix='
Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
mkdir: unrecognized option `--exec-prefix=/home'
Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
mkdir: unrecognized option `--exec-prefix=/home/peter'
Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
mkdir: unrecognized option `--exec-prefix=/home/peter/bin'
Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
mkdir: unrecognized option `--exec-prefix=/home/peter/bin/htdig'
Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
mkdir: unrecognized option `--exec-prefix=/home/peter/bin/htdig/bin'
Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
cp: unrecognized option `--exec-prefix=/home/peter/bin/htdig/bin/#inst.12373#'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/peter/bin/htdig/htdig-3.1.5/htfuzzy'
Shouldn't it remove that '--exec-prefix=' stuff?
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